Nicholas Sheldon

agentic ai engineer, mainframe systems / ibm

Experience

IBM

Agentic AI Engineer, Mainframe Systems

Spring 2026 – Present

  • Building agentic AI systems that help modernize and operate IBM Z mainframe environments

Huntington Ingalls Industries

Software Engineering Intern

Summer 2025

  • Led software engineering intern team to develop a software-defined radio capture and jamming platform
  • Integrated C modules for autonomous UAV behaviors using real-time machine learning inference and computer vision
  • Developed software-in-the-loop workflows with Gazebo to validate autonomy features pre-flight
  • Bridged RF systems configuration with multithreaded SDR control software to deliver end-to-end workflows

Clarkson University

Undergraduate Researcher

Spring 2025

Artificial Intelligence Scheduling Research

  • Implemented schedule building using Hill Climbing, Genetic, Simulated Annealing, and other local/CSP algorithms
  • Encoded problems in SMT format and used SAT/SMT solvers (Z3) to search for solutions
  • Designed a preprocessing phase to efficiently solve in larger search spaces with minimal loss of optimality
  • Worked with high school admin to obtain data and adhere to scheduling constraints

Clarkson University Climbing Wall

Director

Spring 2024 – Present

  • Trained and managed teams of up to 28 employees each semester
  • Supervised daily operations and maintenance; ensured compliance with risk management plan